Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was speaking about the need for our government to be pro-active on an urgent basis in this matter. I think our government can provide and seek the support of the federal government in such a consortium approach by workers and local business people and, in the end,
that will benefit all of the Northwest Territories. It can provide the research to the consortium to identify success models elsewhere and, at the same time, work on the cleanup problem to negotiate with the federal government how this is going to be brought about.
This particular issue affects a lot of our areas of the territorial government. It affects the NWT Power Corporation. Giant Mine is a huge consumer of power and so it affects that particular corporation. It affects our federal transfer payments, as the Minister of Finance referred to in his budget statement that if we lose population we lose dollars on the whole territorial, across the board, basis. In the city, we lose employee property taxes and income taxes. DIAND and the federal government lose royalties on any company profits and production and, in addition, they lose the income tax of those employees working there. Mr. Speaker, later day I will be asking the Minister of Renewable Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, some questions to encourage support by this government for this particular proposal. Thank you.
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